While I do not have any research to give you, I know that personally I have a problem with video-only news stories on sites like CNN or Yahoo. There are 2 reasons for this:
1. Sometimes, like you said above, I am not in an environment conducive to watching a video, whether is be the noise level or just a lack of headphones so I don't disturb others around me. 2. I can read a lot faster than I can watch a video. I've gotten used to scanning pages on the web and getting information faster than watching a 2 minute clip containing the same information. For both of the above items, a suggestion would be to provide a transcript of the stories. Closed captioning really wouldn't help with #2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44620 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
